Sadness and GriefSample

Pray

Lord Jesus, through today’s reading please show me more about who you are.

Read

Jesus had a special bond with Lazarus and his two sisters, Martha and Mary, so when he hears about Lazarus’s untimely death, he travels to their home.  

John 11:32-36

Reflect

Sadness isolates us. People carry on with their own lives—meals, friendships, laughter—while we feel left behind in our grief. But when Jesus sees his friends grieving, he enters into their pain. Jesus knew what was about to happen: he would call Lazarus’s body out of death and into life. Even though he knows that Lazarus will live again, he is so troubled by Mary’s pain (and perhaps by the fact of death itself) that he weeps with her. 

Respond

Try to picture this: Jesus comes to you right now, right in the physical place where you are. He sees how much you’re hurting. Share your disappointment and pain with him, just like Mary did. Believe that he understands.